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SUMMARY  OF 

KANSAS  PRIMARY  LAWS, 


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NON-PARTISAN  JUDICIARY  ACT. 


ISSUED  BY 

CHAS.  H.  SESSIONS, 

Secretary  of  State. 


November,  1913. 


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CONTENTS. 


Paragraph  1.    Definitions. 

2.  Registration  and  voting. 

3.  Woman  suffrage. 

4.  Scope  of  act. 

'    5.    Time  of  holding  primary. 

6.  Notice  of  primary. 

7.  Preparation  of  nomination  papers. 

.    8.    Senatorial  statements  Nos.  1  and  2. 

9.    Nomination   of  justices   of   supreme  court   and  judges   of 
district  courts. 

10.  Filing  of  nomination  papers. 

11.  Publishing  names  of  candidates. 

12.  Official  ballot. 

13.  Determining  location  of  name  on  ballot. 

14.  Heading  of  ballot. 

15.  Preparation  and  distribution  of  tickets. 

16.  Number  of  ballots. 

17.  Conduct  of  primary. 

18.  Challenges. 

19.  Canvass  of  votes  and  returns. 

20.  State  board  of  canvassers. 

21.  Official   party  candidates. 

22.  Vacancies,  how  filled. 

23.  Party  organization  and  government. 

24.  Preparation  of  blanks. 

25.  Payment  of  expenses. 

26.  Penal  provisions. 

27.  Sample  blank  forms,  as  follows: 

Primary  nomination  papers    (country  precincts). 
Primary  nomination  papers    (cities     first     and     second 

class) . 
Non-partisan  judicial  primary  nominating  petition  for 

justice  of  supreme  court. 
Non-partisan  judicial  primary  nominating  petition  for 

judge  of  district  court. 
County  clerk's  notice  of  primary  election  (two) . 
Sheriff's  notice  of  primary  election. 
Primary  election  returns. 
Judicial  ballot. 
Judicial  primary  election  returns    (justice  of  supreme 

court  and  district  judge). 

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SUMMARY  OF  KANSAS  PRIMARY 
ELECTION  LAWS. 

1.  Definitions.  Unless  inconsistent  with  the  context,  words 
and  phrases  used  in  this  act  shall  be  defined  and  construed  as 
follows:  (1)  The  word  "primary,"  the  primary  election  pro- 
vided for  in  this  act;  (2)  the  word  "election,"  a  general  elec- 
tion, as  distinguished  from  a  primary  election  and  applying 
to  both  city  and  general  elections;  (3)  the  word  "precinct," 
an  election  district  established  by  law,  within  which  all  qualified 
electors  vote  at  one  polling-place;  (4)  the  word  "district,"  any 
political  subdivision  of  the  state  consisting  of  more  than  one 
county;  provided,  that  this  term  shall  also  extend  and  apply 
to  the  following-named  political  divisions  comprising  one 
county,  more  or  less :  state  senatorial  district,  state  representa- 
tive district,  and  state  judicial  district;  (5)  the  word  "sub- 
district,"  any  political  subdivision  of  the  state  consisting  of 
less  than  one  county,  such  as  commissioner  district  or  town- 
ship; (6)  the  words  "city  election,"  an  election  held  for  the 
election  of  officers  in  a  cifv  of  10,000  population  or  more.  Sec. 
3289,  G.  S.  1909. 

2.  Registration  and  voting.  (1)  No  person  shall  be  entitled 
to  vote  at  any  primary  unless  he  is  a  qualified  elector  of  the 
precinct,  and  duly  registered  therein,  if  registration  thereat 
be  required  by  law.  (2)  The  provisions  as  to  registration  re- 
quired by  existing  statutes,  and  by  any  amendment  now  or 
hereafter  made  thereto,  shall  apply  to  all  primaries  held  under 
the  provisions  of  this  act.  (3)  If  registration  be  not  required 
as  a  condition  precedent,  any  person  who  will  be  a  qualified 
elector  of  the  precinct  by  reason  of  age  at  the  ensuing  election 
for  which  the  primarv  is  held  shall  be  permitted  to  vote  at  such 
primary.    Sec.  3301,  G.  S.  1909. 

3.  Woman  suffrage.  The  rights  of  citizens  of  the  state  of 
Kansas  to  vote  and  hold  office  shall  not  be  denied  or  abridged 
on  account  of  sex.    Sec.  8,  art.  5,  Constitution,  state  of  Kansas. 

4.  Scope  of  act.  Hereafter  all  candidates  for  elective  offices 
shall  be  nominated  by:  (1)  A  primary  held  in  accordance  with 
this  act.  (2)  Independent  nomination  papers  signed  and  filed 
as  provided  by  existing  statutes.  (3)  Party  candidates  for  the 
office  of  United  States  senator  shall  be  nominated  in  the  man- 
ner provided  herein.  This  act  shall  not  apply  to  special  elec- 
tions to  fill  vacancies,  nor  to  annual  or  special  school-district 
meetings  for  the  election  of-  school-district  officers,  nor  to  city 
elections  where  the  population  is  less  than  5000.  Sec.  3290, 
G.  S.  1909. 

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5.  Time  of  holding  primary.  The  primary  shall  be  held 
on  the  first  Tuesday  of  August  in  1908,  and  biennially  there- 
after, for  the  nomination  of  all  candidates  to  be  voted  for  at 
the  next  ensuing  November  election,  and  on  the  first  Tuesday 
of  March,  1909,  and  annually  thereafter,  in  all  cities  having 
10,000  or  more  population,  for  all  candidates  to  be  voted  for 
at  the  next  ensuing  city  election;  provided,  that  in  all  cities 
of  the  first  and  second  class  in  Kansas  which  have  adopted,  or 
may  hereafter  adopt,  the  city  commission  form  of  city  govern- 
ment under  chapter  114  of  the  Session  Laws  of  1907,  and  all 
acts  amendatory  and  supplemental  thereto,  the  primary  for 
all  candidates  to  be  voted  for  at  the  general  city  election  of 
each  odd-numbered  year  shall  be  held  on  the  second  Monday 
preceding  the  general  municipal  election.    Sec.  3291,  G.  S.  1909. 

6.  Notice  of  primary.  (1)  At  least  120  days  before  the 
time  of  holding  the  primary,  the  secretary  of  state  shall  pre- 
pare and  transmit  to  each  county  clerk  a  notice  in  writing 
designating  the  offices  for  which  candidates  are  to  be  nomina- 
ted at  such  primary.  (2)  Upon  receipt  of  such  notice  each 
county  clerk  shall  forthwith  publish  so  much  thereof  as  may  be 
applicable  to  his  county,  once  each  week  for  three  consecutive 
weeks  in  the  official  county  paper.  (3)  The  sheriff  of  each 
county  shall,  immediately  after  the  publication  of  such  notice, 
cause  a  notice  of  such  primary  to  be  posted  in  three  public 
places  in  each  precinct  in  his  county;  such  notice  so  posted 
shall  state  the  time  when  and  the  place  where  the  primary  will 
be  held  in  each  precinct  therein,  together  with  the  offices  for 
which  candidates  are  to  be  nominated.  (4)  Each  city  clerk 
shall,  in  each  year,  at  least  forty-five  days  before  the  time  of 
holding  the  primary,  publish  in  the  official  city  paper,  once  in 
each  week  for  three  consecutive  weeks,  a  notice  designating 
the  city  offices  for  which  candidates  are  to  be  nominated  at 
such  primary,  and  shall  also  post  such  notice  in  three  public 
places  in  each  election  precinct  in  said  city,  such  posting  to  be 
not  more  than  twenty  and  not  less  than  ten  days  before  such 
primary.    Sec.  3292,  G.  S.  1909. 

7.  Preparation  of  nomination  papers.  (1)  The  name  of  no 
candidate  shall  be  printed  upon  an  official  ballot  used  at  any 
primary  unless  at  least  forty  days  prior  to  such  primary  a 
nomination  paper  shall  have  been  filed  in  his  behalf,  as  pro- 
vided in  this  act,  in  substantially  the  following  form : 

I,  the  undersigned,  a  qualified  elector  of  the precinct 

of  the  township  of (or, precinct  of  the 

ward  of  the  city  of ) ,  county  of  and  state  of 

Kansas,  and  a  member  of  the party,  hereby  nominate 

,  who  resides  in  the  township  of (or  at  No. 

on street,  city  of ) ,  in  the  county  of and 

state  of  Kansas,  as  a  candidate  for  the  office  of  (here  specify 
the  office)  ,  to  be  voted  for  at  the  primary  to  be  held  on 


the  first  Tuesday  of  August,  in (and  in  cities  having  a 

population  of  5000  or  more  on  the  first  Tuesday  in  March),  as 
representing  the  principles  of  said  party ;  and  I  further  declare 
that  I  intend  to  support  the  candidate  herein  named,  and  that 
I  have  not  signed  and  will  not  sign  any  petition  or  nomination 
papers  for  any  other  person,  for  said  office  at  the  next  ensuing 
election. 

(Heading  in  case  of  cities.) 
Names  of  signers.    Name  of  city.    Street  No.    Date  of  signing. 

Or, 

(Heading  in  case  of  townships.) 

Names  of  signers.  Postoffice.  Date  of  signing. 

(2)  All  nomination  papers  shall  have  substantially  the  fore- 
going form,  written  or  printed  at  the  top  thereof.  No  signa- 
ture shall  be  counted  unless  it  is  upon  a  sheet  having  such 
written  or  printed  form  at  the  top  thereof.  (3)  Each  signer 
of  a  nomination  paper  shall  sign  but  one  such  paper  for  the 
same  office,  and  shall  declare  that  he  intends  to  support  the 
candidate  therein  named,  and  shall  add  to  his  signature  his 
residence,  if  in  a  city  of  the  first  or  second  class,  by  street  and 
number  (if  any)  ;  or,  if  in  a  township  or  city  of  the  third  class, 
by  postoffice  address.  (4)  All  signers  of  each  separate  nom- 
ination paper  shall  reside  in  the  same  precinct.  The  affidavit 
of  a  qualified  elector  shall  be  appended  to  each  such  nomination 
paper,  stating  that  to  the  best  of  his  knowledge  and  belief,  all 
the  signers  thereof  are  electors  of  that  precinct ;  that  he  knows 
that  they  signed  the  same  with  full  knowledge  of  the  contents 
thereof;  that  their  respective  residences  are  correctly  stated 
therein;  that  each  signer  signed  the  same  on  the  date  stated 
opposite  his  name,  and  that  the  affiant  intends  to  support  the 
candidate  therein  named.  Such  affidavit  shall  be  prima  facie 
evidence  of  the  fact  therein  stated.  (5)  Such  nominations 
papers  shall  be  signed:  (a)  If  for  a  state  office  (or  for  the 
office  of  United  States  senator)  by  at  least  one  per  cent  of  the 
voters  of  the  party  of  such  candidate  in  at  least  ten  counties  in 
the  state,  and  in  the  aggregate  not  less  than  one  per  cent  nor 
more  than  ten  per  cent  of  the  total  vote  of  his  party  in  the 
state,  or  by  at  least  one  per  cent  of  the  total  vote  of  his  party  in 
each  of  twenty  counties,  (b)  If  for  a  district  office,  by  at  least 
two  per  cent  of  the  voters  of  the  party  designated  in  at  least 
one-fourth  of  the  election  precincts  in  each  of  at  least  one-half 
of  the  counties  of  the  district,  and  in  the  aggregate  not  less 
than  two  per  cent  nor  more  than  ten  per  cent  of  the  total  vote 
of  the  party  designated  in  such  district,  (c)  If  for  a  sub- 
district  office  or  for  a  county  office,  by  at  least  three  per  cent  of 
the  party  vote  in  at  least  one-fourth  of  the  election  precincts 
of  such  sub-district  or  county,  and  in  the  aggregate  not  less 
than  three  per  cent  nor  more  than  ten  per  cent  of  the  total 
vote  of  the  party  designated  in  such  sub-district  or  county. 


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(d)  If  for  a  county  precinct  committeeman,  by  at  least  ten  per 
cent  of  the  party  vote  in  such  precinct.  The  basis  of  percent- 
age shall  be  the  vote  of  the  party  for  secretary  of  state  at  the 
last  preceding  election ;  or,  in  case  of  a  new  party,  the  basis  of 
percentage  shall  be  the  vote  cast  for  the  candidate  elected  sec- 
retary of  state  at  the  last  preceding  state  election;  and  any 
political  organization  filing  nomination  papers  for  a  majority 
of  the  state  or  county  offices  as  provided  in  this  act  shall  have 
a  separate  primary  election  ticket  as  a  political  party;  and, 
upon  the  receipt  of  such  nomination  papers  the  respective  clerks 
shall  prepare  a  separate  state  and  county  ticket  for  such  new 
party  in  their  respective  counties  or  sub-districts  thereof  in 
the  same  manner  as  is  provided  by  this  act  for  existing  par- 
ties. (6)  (a)  Nomination  papers  for  a  candidate  for  a  city 
office,  except  for  a  member  of  the  council,  shall  be  signed  by  at 
least  two  per  cent  of  the  party  vote  in  each  of  at  least  one- 
fourth  of  the  election  precincts  of  the  city,  and  in  the  aggre- 
gate not  less  than  five  per  cent  nor  more  than  ten  per  cent  of 
the  total  vote  of  the  party  designated  in  such  city,  (b)  Nomi- 
nation papers  for  a  candidate  for  the  office  of  councilman,  shall 
be  signed  by  at  least  two  per  cent  of  the  party  vote  in  each  of 
at  least  one-half  of , the  election  precincts  in  the  ward  which  he 
seeks  to  represent,  and  in  the  aggregate  not  less  than  two  per 
cent  nor  more  than  five  per  cent  of  the  total  vote  of  the  party 
designated  in  such  ward,  (c)  Nomination  papers  for  a  can- 
didate for  the  office  of  precinct  committeeman  shall  be  signed 
by  at  least  two  per  cent  of  the  total  vote  cast  in  such  precinct 
for  the  candidate  elected  county  clerk  at  the  last  preceding 
election.     Sec.  1,  ch.  190,  Laws  1913. 

8.  Senatorial  statements  Nos.  1  and  2.  Any  elector  in  this 
state  seeking  the  nomination  for  the  office  of  state  senator 
or  representative  in  the  legislature  may  attach  to  and  have 
circulated  with  his  petition  or  nomination  paper  one  of  the 
following  two  statements,  and  may  file  the  same  with  his  peti- 
tion or  nomination  paper  with  the  county  clerk  or  secretary 
of  state,  as  the  case  may  be;  but  if  he  does  not  file  such  addi- 
tional statement  the  secretary  of  state  or  county  clerk,  as  the 
case  may  be,  shall  not  on  that  account  refuse  to  file  his  petition 
or  nomination  paper. 

Statement  No.  1.  I  state  to  the  people  of  Kansas,  as  well  as  to  the 
people  of  my  representative  (or  senatorial)  district,  that  during  my 
term  of  office  I  will  always  vote  for  that  candidate  for  United  States 
senator  who  has  received  the  highest  number  of  the  peoples'  votes  for 
that  position  at  the  general  election  in  the  state  at  large  next  preceding 
the  election  of  the  United  States  senator,  without  regard  to  my  individual 
preference  or  party  nominations  for  that  office. 

(Signature  of  candidate  for  nomination.) 


If  the  candidate  shall  be  unwilling  to  sign  the  above  state- 
ment, then  he  may  sign  the  following  statement  and  have  the 
same  attached  to  his  nomination  paper  and  circulated  and 
filed  as  aforesaid. 

Statement  No.  2.  During  my  term  of  office  I  shall  consider  the  vote 
of  the  people  for  United  States  senator  at  any  general  election  in  the 
state  at  large  as  nothing  more  than  a  recommendation  which  I  shall  be 
at  liberty  to  wholly  disregard  if  the  reason  for  so  doing  seems  to  me  to 
be  sufficient.  

(Signature  of  candidate  for  nomination.) 

The  statements  above  provided  for  shall  be  signed  by  the 
elector  seeking  such  nomination.  There  shall  be  a  separate 
leaf  or  sheet  signed  as  above  on  every  such  petition  for  each 
precinct  in  which  it  is  circulated,  and  on  another  sheet  or  part 
of  the  petition  there  shall  be  placed  the  petition  in  regular 
form  as  now  required  by  law  for  the  nomination  of  state  sen- 
ators and  representatives  in  the  legislature.  Persons  whose 
names  are  placed  on  the  primary  ticket  as  candidates  for  the 
legislature  or  state  senate  shall  have  printed  in  addition  to 
rheir  names,  in  appropriate  type  directly  above  their  names, 
the  words  (Candidate  under  Statement  No.  1.)  or  (Candidate 
under  Statement  No.  2.)  as  the  case  may  be.  Sec.  1,  ch.  182, 
Session  Laws  1911. 

9.  Nomination  of  Justices  of  Supreme  Court  and  Judges  of 
District  Courts.  No  party  nomination  shall  be  made  for  jus- 
tices of  the  supreme  court  or  judges  of  the  district  court.  A 
separate  ballot  shall  be  provided  at  the  general  primary  elec- 
tion for  the  nomination  of  candidates  for  those  offices.  Such 
ballot  shall  be  headed  "judicial  ballot,"  and  upon  it  shall  be 
printed  without  any  party  designation,  the  names  of  all  can- 
didates who  have  complied  with  the  conditions  herein  stated. 
Any  person  desiring  to  become  a  candidate  for  justice  of  the 
supreme  court,  or  for  judge  of  the  district  court,  may,  within 
not  more  than  100  or  less  than  40  days  preceding  the  primary 
election,  file  with  the  secretary  of  state  a  statement  to  that 
effect,  accompanied  by  a  petition  requesting  such  candidacy, 
signed  by  qualified  electors  for  such  office  to  a  number  not  less 
than  one-fourth  of  one  per  cent,  and  not  more  than  one  per 
cent,  of  the  total  vote  cast  at  the  preceding  election  for  the 
office  of  secretary  of  state,  in  the  state  or  judicial  district 
respectively.  The  filing  of  such  statement  and  petition  shall 
entitle  him  to  have  his  name  printed  upon  the  judicial  ballot  at 
the  primary  election.  In  the  canvass  of  the  returns  of  the  pri- 
mary election  the  two  candidates  having  received  the  highest 
number  of  votes  for  each  place  to  be  filled  shall  be  declared  to 
have  been  nominated,  and  shall  have  their  names  printed  upon 
the  ballot  at  the  general  election,  without  any  party  designa- 
tion. Where  two  justices  of  the  supreme  court  are  to  be  chosen 
for  the  same  term,  above  the  names  of  the  candidates  for  that 


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term  shall  be  printed  the  words  "Vote  for  two,"  and  the  four 
candidates  receiving  the  highest  number  of  votes  shall  be  de- 
clared nominated.  If  three  are  to  be  chosen  the  words  shall  be 
"Vote  for  three,"  and  the  six  having  the  highest  number  of 
votes  shall  be  declared  nominated.  The  secretary  of  state  shall 
furnish  to  each  county  clerk  a  form  for  the  judicial  ballot  in 
his  county.  With  respect  to  such  office  of  justice  of  the  su- 
preme court  the  secretary  of  state  shall  at  each  primary  elec- 
tion and  general  election  divide  the  state  into  as  many  divisions 
as  there  are  candidates,  making  them  as  nearly  equal  in  popu- 
lation as  is  practicable,  and  shall  provide  for  the  rotation  of 
names  upon  the  ballots.  In  one  division  the  names  shall  be 
placed  in  alphabetical  order ;  in  another  the  order  shall  be  the 
same  except  that  the  name  at  the  head  of  the  list  shall  be  trans- 
posed to  the  foot;  this  process  shall  be  repeated  so  that  each 
candidate  shall  head  the  list  in  one  division,  the  order  of  names 
being  otherwise  preserved.  A  like  rotation  of  names  of  candi- 
dates for  judge  of  the  district  court  shall  be  arranged  in  each 
county  by  the  county  clerk.  In  other  respects  the  procedure 
for  the  nomination  and  election  of  the  officers  herein  referred 
to  shall  be  regulated  by  the  provisions  of  the  statutes  relating 
to  primary  and  general  elections,  so  far  as  in  their  nature  ap- 
plicable, and  all  acts  and  parts  of  acts  inconsistent  herewith 
are  hereby  repealed,  so  far  as  they  relate  to  the  nomination  and 
election  of  justices  of  the  supreme  court  and  judges  of  the 
district  court.     Ch.  193,  Session  Laws  1913. 

10.  Filing  of  nomination  papers.  All  nomination  papers 
shall  be  filed  as  follows:  (1)  For  state  officers,  United  States 
senator,  representatives  in  Congress,  state  senators,  state  rep- 
resentatives, and  all  district  officers,  in  the  office  of  the  secre- 
tary of  state;  provided,  that  when  the  district  is  composed  of 
one  county  or  less  such  nomination  papers  shall  be  filed  with 
the  county  clerk  of  such  county.  (2)  For  county  officers,  sub- 
district  officers,  and  county  and  precinct  committeeman,  in 
the  office  of  the  county  clerk.  (3)  For  city  officers  and  city 
precinct  committeemen,  in  the  office  of  the  city  clerk.  (4) 
When  nomination  papers  shall  be  filed  which  contain  ten  per 
cent  of  the  total  vote,  as  limited  in  subdivisions  a.  b,  c  and  d  of 
clause  5,  and  subdivisions  a,  b  and  c  of  clause  6  of  section  5  of 
this  act,  the  clerk  with  whom  such  papers  are  required  to  be 
filed  shall  not  receive  or  file  further  nomination  papers  for  the 
candidate  named  therein.    Sec.  3294,  G.  S.  1909. 

11.  Pnblishinq  names  of  candidates.  (1)  The  State  Board 
of  Canvassers  shall  meet  in  the  office  of  the  secretary  of  state 
on  the  first  Monday  following  the  expiration  of  time  for  the 
filing  of  nomination  papers  in  the  office  of  secretary  of  state, 
and  shall  proceed  to  examine  all  nomination  papers  so  filed, 
determine  whether  such  nomination  papers  comply  with  all  the 
requirements  of  this  act,  and  shall  make  out  and  certify  to  the 


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secretary  of  state  a  list  containing  the  name  and  post-office  ad- 
dress of  each  person  for  whom  nomination  papers  have  been 
filed  in  the  office  of  the  secretary  of  state,  together  with  the 
designation  of  the  office  for  which  each  is  a  candidate  and  the 
party  or  principles  of  the  office  which  he  represents,  certifying 
that  such  nomination  papers  in  each  case  are  regular  and  in 
strict  compliance  with  the  provisions  of  this  act.  Thereupon 
the  secretary  of  state  shall,  at  least  thirty  days  before  the 
primary  of  the  year  1908,  and  of  each  alternate  year  thereafter, 
transmit  to  each  county  clerk  a  certified  copy  of  the  list  so 
certified  to  him  by  the  State  Board  of  Canvassers.  (2)  Such 
clerk  shall  forthwith,  upon  receipt  thereof,  publish  for  three 
consecutive  weeks,  in  the  official  county  paper,  a  notice  which 
shall  set  forth,  under  the  proper  party  designation,  the  title  to 
each  office,  the  names  and  addresses  of  all  persons  specified  in 
said  notice  from  the  secretary  of  state,  and  in  addition  thereto 
the  names  and  addresses  of  all  persons  for  whom  nomination 
papers  have  been  filed  in  the  county  clerk's  office,  in  compliance 
with  subdivisions  1  and  2  of  section  6  of  this  act,  giving  the 
name  and  address  of  each,  the  date  of  the  primary,  the  hours 
during  which  the  polls  will  be  opened,  and  stating  that  the  pri- 
mary will  be  held  at  the  regular  polling-place  in  each  precinct. 
(3)  Such  clerk  shall  also  forthwith  mail  copies  of  such  notice, 
so  published,  to  each  township  and  city  clerk  of  his  county, 
who  shall  immediately  post  copies  of  the  same  in  at  least  three 
public  places  in  each  precinct  in  his  township  or  city,  desig- 
nating therein  the  location  of  the  pooling  booth  in  each  election 
precinct.  (4)  At  least  twenty-five  days  preceding  the  primary 
in  each  year  the  city  clerk  shall  publish,  once  each  week  for 
three  consecutive  weeks,  in  the  official  city  paper  a  notice, 
which  shall  set  forth,  under  the  proper  party  designation,  the 
title  of  each  office,  the  names  and  addresses  of  all  persons  for 
whom  nomination  papers  have  been  filed  in  the  city  clerk's 
office,  in  compliance  with  subdivision  3  of  section  6  of  this  act, 
and  shall  immediately  post  copies  of  the  same  in  at  least  three 
public  places  in  each  precinct  in  his  city,  designating  therein 
the  location  of  the  polling-place  in  each  election  precinct.  Sec. 
3295,  G.  S.  1909. 

12.  Official  ballot.  A  separate  official  primary  ticket  for 
each  political  party  shall  be  printed  and  provided  for  use  at 
each  voting  precinct,  in  the  form  provided  herein  and  annexed 
hereto.  The  names  of  all  candidates  of  each  political  party  for 
whom  the  nomination  papers  prescribed  shall  have  been  duly 
filed  shall  be  printed  upon  the  ticket  thus  provided  for  that 
party.  In  other  respects  the  form  of  the  ticket  shall  comply 
with  the  provisions  of  chapter  222  of  the  Laws  of  1905,  and 
any  amendments  now  or  hereafter  made  thereto,  so  far  as  the 
same  may  be  applicable  and  are  not  inconsistent  with  the  pro- 
visions of  this  act.    Sec.  3296,  G.  S.  1909. 


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13.  Determining  location  of  name  on  ballot.  In  case  there 
are  nomination  papers  on  file  for  more  than  one  candidate  for 
any  state  or  district  office,  of  the  different  parties,  the  secretary 
of  state  shall  divide  the  state  or  district,  as  the  case  may  be,  into 
as  many  divisions  as  there  may  be  names  to  go  on  each  party 
ticket  for  any  particular  office.  Such  division  shall  be  as  near 
equal  in  votes  as  may  be  convenient  without  dividing  any  one 
county,  and  in  making  such  division  the  secretary  of  state  shall 
take  the  alphabetical  list  of  counties  in  regular  order  until  he 
gets  the  required  proportion  of  votes  cast  at  the  last  general 
election,  and  so  on  through  the  list  of  counties  until  he  gets  the 
proper  proportion,  and  the  secretary  of  state  in  certifying  to 
the  county  clerk  his  list  of  names  for  whom  nomination  papers 
have  been  filed  shall  place  one  name  at  the  head  of  the  list  in 
the  first  division  of  counties,  another  name  in  the  second  di- 
vision, and  so  on  with  all  the  candidates  for  any  particular 
office,  so  that  every  candidate  for  any  office  shall  be  at  the  head 
of  the  list  in  one  division  of  the  state  and  second  in  another 
division  thereof.  The  arrangement  of  the  names  certified  by 
the  secretary  of  state  shall  govern  the  county  clerk  in  arrang- 
ing the  primary  ballot,  and  the  county  clerk  in  preparing  the 
ballot  for  his  county  shall  follow  the  same  arrangement  as  pro- 
vided in  this  section  for  the  secretary  of  state,  for  the  candi- 
dates nominated  for  county  office,  using  the  townships  and 
precincts  of  the  county  in  making  his  division.  Sec.  3298, 
G.  S.  1909. 

14.  Heading  of  ballot.  The  official  primary  ticket  shall  have 
the  following  heading: 

OFFICIAL   PRIMARY   TICKET. 

General  Election. 

(Emblem  of  party.) 

party. 

To  vote  for  a  person  whose  name  is  printed  on  the  ticket,  make  a 
cross  X  in  the  square  at  the  right  of  the  name  of  the  person  for  whom 
you  desire  to  vote. 

To  vote  for  a  person  whose  name  is  not  printed  on  the  ticket,  write 
his  name  in  the  blank  space  provided  for  that  purpose  and  mark  a  cross 
X  in  the  square  to  the  right. 

This  shall  be  followed  by  the  names  of  the  persons  for  whom 
nomination  papers  have  been  filed  and  in  the  order  of  offices  as 
follows ;  but  after  the  name  of  each  office,  however,  there 
shall  be  a  statement  of  the  number  of  candidates  to  vote 
for,  for  that  particular  office:  State. — Presidential  elec- 
tors, governor,  lieutenant  governor,  secretary  of  state,  state 
auditor,  state  treasurer,  attorney-general,  superintendent  of 
public  instruction,  superintendent  of  insurance,  state  printer, 
member  from  congressional  district.  District. — Sen- 
ator from  district,  representative  from dis- 
trict.    County. — Clerk,  treasurer,   register  of  deeds,   county 


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attorney,  probate  judge,  sheriff,  coroner,  superintendent  of 
public  instruction,  surveyor,  clerk  of  district  court,  com- 
missioner   district.     Township. — Judge  of  the  city  court, 

marshal  of  city  court,  justice  of  the  peace,  constable,  trustee, 
clerk,  treasurer.  And  in  city  elections  the  ballot  shall  have  the 
same  heading  with  the  offices  in  the  following  order:  Mayor, 
attorney,  clerk,  treasurer,  police  judge,  judge  of  the  city  court, 
clerk  of  the  city  court,  marshal  of  the  city  court,  councilmen 
for  ward  and  member  of  school  board.  Other  offices  for  which 
nomination  petitions  are  on  file  not  herein  mentioned  shall  be 
inserted  in  the  proper  place  with  a  statement  of  the  number 
to  be  nominated.  And  the  following  indorsement  shall  be 
printed  on  the  back  of  the  said  ticket. 

OFFICIAL   PRIMARY    STATEMENT. 

; party. 

precinct,  ward  or  township.      City  or  township, 

August ,  19 . 


Clerks. 

We  certify  the  within  ticket  was  marked  by  us  for  an  elector  incapable, 
under  the  law,  of  marking  his  own  ticket,  and  as  directed  by  him. 


Judges. 

We  certify  the  within  ticket  was  marked  by  us  for  a  blind  elector,  at 
his  request,  and  as  directed  by  him. 


To  the  right  of  each  name  there  shall  be  printed  a  square, 
as  provided  in  the  general  election  law.  Said  primary  ballots 
may  be  printed  in  one  or  more  columns,  as  may  be  most  con- 
venient. No  name  shall  be  printed  on  said  primary  ticket  ex- 
cept those  certified  by  the  secretary  of  state,  county  clerk  or 
city  clerk,  as  the  case  may  be,  and  no  blank  line  shall  be 
printed  following  any  office  unless  there  are  no  nomination 
papers  on  file.  And  in  case  there  are  no  nomination  papers 
on  file  for  any  particular  office  there  shall  be  no  reference  of 
any  kind  to  that  office  in  the  list  of  names  of  candidates  to  be 
published.  No  person  shall  receive  the  nomination  nor  have 
his  name  printed  on  the  general  ballot  in  any  case  where  no 
nomination  papers  have  been  filed,  unless  he  shall  receive  at 
least  votes  equal  in  number  to  five  per  cent  of  the  total  party 
vote  of  his  party  cast  for  secretary  of  state  in  such  state, 
county,  district  or  city  at  the  last  general  election.  Sec.  3299, 
G.  S.  1909. 

15.  Preparation  and  distribution  of  tickets.  (1)  The 
county  clerk  shall,  at  least  two  weeks  before  the  primary, 
mail  to  each  person  whose  nomination  petitions  are  on  file  in 
his  office,  to  the  address  given  in  the  petition,  a  copy  of  the 


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first  issue  of  the  county  paper  containing  the  names  and  ad- 
dresses of  those  whose  names  will  be  printed  on  the  primary 
ballot,  and  it  shall  not  be  necessary  to  print  the  sample  ballots 
heretofore  required  twenty  days  before  the  primary,  nor  send 
such  sample  ballots  to  the  candidates.  (2)  The  chairman  of 
each  party  shall,  on  or  before  the  eleventh  day  preceding  such 
primary,  suggest  to  the  county  clerk  or  to  the  city  clerk,  as  the 
case  may  be,  any  changes  that  he  may  consider  should  be  made 
in  his  party  ticket,  and  if  upon  examination  the  clerk  shall  find 
any  error  or  omission  in  said  ticket,  he  shall  correct  the  ticket 
and  cause  the  same  to  be  printed  and  distributed  as  required  by 
law  in  the  case  of  ballots  for  the  general  election,  except  that 
the  number  of  tickets  of  each  party  to  be  furnished  to  each 
precinct  shall  be  twice  the  number  of  votes  cast  thereat  for  the 
candidates  receiving  the  highest  number  of  votes  by  the  re- 
spective parties  in  the  last  preceding  general  election;  and 
provided,  that  in  case  nomination  petitions  are  filed  by  a  new 
party,  the  number  of  ballots  provided  shall  be  twice  the  num- 
ber of  votes  the  county  clerk  estimates  such  party  will  cast. 
Sec.  3297,  G.  S.  1909. 

16.  Number  of  ballots.  That  the  number  of  ballots  to  be 
printed  and  distributed  for  the  regular  primary  election  to  be 
held  on  the  first  Tuesday  in  August,  nineteen  fourteen,  and  the 
number  of  ballots  to  be  printed  and  distributed  for  the  general 
election  to  be  held  on  the  first  Tuesday  after  the  first  Monday 
in  November,  nineteen  hundred  fourteen,  shall  be  two  times 
the  number  provided  for  in  sections  3297  and  3262  respectively 
of  the  General  Statutes  of  1909.  Sec.  1,  ch.  192,  Session  Laws 
1913. 

17.  Conduct  of  primary.  (1)  The  provisions  of  existing 
statutes  concerning  elections,  and  any  amendment  now  or  here- 
after made  thereto,  so  far  as  they  are  not  inconsistent  with 
the  provisions  of  this  act,  shall  apply  to  the  primaries  pro- 
vided for  in  this  act,  and  the  following  statutes  shall  apply  to 
the  subjects  indicated,  the  intent  of  this  act  being  to  place  the 
primary  under  the  regulations  and  protection  of  the  laws  in 
force  as  to  elections.  As  to  composition  of  boards  of  primary, 
section  8,  chapter  177,  Laws  of  1901,  being  paragraph  2712, 
General  Statutes  of  1901,  and  section  15,  chapter  122,  Laws  of 
1903;  as  to  time  of  opening  and  closing  polls,  chapter  231, 
Laws  of  1903 ;  as  to  printing  and  distributing  tickets,  chapter 
229,  Laws  of  1903 ;  as  to  preparing,  posting  and  supplying  in- 
structions to  voters ;  as  to  providing  voting  places,  booths  and 
supplies,  and  the  care,  disposition  and  arrangement  of  the 
same,  and  as  to  entitling  an  employee  to  absent  himself  from 
his  employment  for  the  purpose  of  voting,  chapter  129,  Laws 
of  1897,  being  paragraphs  2710,  2711,  2713,  2717,  General 
Statutes  of  1901 ;  as  to  form  and  marking  of  ticket,  manner  of 
voting  and  disposition  of  tickets,   and  canvass  of  votes  by 


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primary  board,  chapter  222,  Laws  of  1905 ;  as  to  registration 
of  voters,  chapter  17a,  General  Statutes  of  1901,  as  amended 
by  chapter  103,  Laws  of  1905 ;  as  to  exercising  challenges  and 
procedure  thereafter,  and  determining  residence  and  qualifica- 
tion of  voters,  sections  9,  10,  11,  12  and  13,  chapter  36,  Laws 
of  1868,  being  paragraphs  2572,  2573,  2574,  2575,  2576,  Gen- 
eral Statutes  of  1901,  and  also  chapter  232,  Laws  of  1903;  as 
to  compensation  of  primary  officers,  section  14,  chapter  177, 
Laws  of  1901 ;  as  to  county  canvass  of  returns,  chapter  36, 
Laws  of  1868,  being  paragraphs  2587,  2588,  2589,  2590,  2591, 
2592,  General  Statutes  of  1901 ;  as  to  state  canvass  of  returns, 
chapter  36,  Laws  of  1868,  being  paragraphs  2593,  2594,  2595, 
2596,  2597  and  2598,  General  Statutes  of  1901 ;  as  to  city  can- 
vass of  returns  for  city  primary,  section  18,  chapter  122,  Laws 
of  1903;  as  to  contests,  article  6,  chapter  36,  and  paragraph 
830,  of  the  General  Statutes  of  1901;  provided,  that  all  the 
powers  and  duties  conferred  and  imposed  by  the  laws  of  this 
state  upon  commissioners  of  elections,  registration  officers, 
judges  and  clerks  of  election,  canvassing  boards  and  all  other 
public  officials  in  connection  with  general  elections  are  in  every 
detail  and  particular  conferred  and  imposed  upon  each  and  all 
such  officers  in  connection  with  the  primary  elections  con- 
ducted under  the  provisions  of  this  act.  (2)  At  all  primaries 
there  shall  be  provided  a  separate  ticket  for  each  party  en- 
titled to  participate  in  the  primary,  and  also  a  blank  ticket 
on  which  shall  be  printed  only  the  titles  of  the  officers  to 
be  voted  for  by  the  electors  at  the  polling  place  for  which 
the  ticket  is  printed.  Each  party  ticket  shall  be  designated 
by  the  party  device  or  emblem  appearing  at  the  head  thereof, 
below  which  shall  appear  the  name  of  the  party.  The  names 
of  all  party  candidates  shall  be  arranged  alphabetically,  ac- 
cording to  surnames,  under  the  appropriate  title  of  the  re- 
spective offices,  and  under  the  proper  party  designation  upon 
the  party  ticket.  If  any  elector  write  upon  his  ticket  the 
name  of  any  person  who  is  a  candidate  for  any  office  upon 
some  other  ticket  than  that  upon  which  his  name  is  so  written,, 
such  elector  shall  thereby  invalidate  his  ticket  and  it  shall  not 
be  counted,  but  shall  be  entirely  rejected.  In  case  a  person 
is  nominated  on  more  than  one  ticket,  he  shall  forthwith  file 
with  the  proper  officer  or  officers  in  charge  of  the  preparation 
of  the  election  ballots  a  written  declaration  indicating  the 
party  designation  under  which  his  name  is  to  be  printed  on 
the  official  election  ballot.  The  ticket  with  the  indorsements 
shall  be  in  substantially  the  form  heretofore  annexed;  pro- 
vided, that  tickets  for  any  city  primary  may  be  varied  as  to 
the  title  of  the  officers  to  be  printed  thereon,  so  as  to  conform 
to  the  law  under  which  each  such  primary  is  held.  The  pro- 
visions of  section  1,  chapter  222,  Laws  of  1905,  and  any  amend- 
ments now  or  hereafter  made  thereto,  so  far  as  the  same  shall 


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be  applicable,  shall  govern  in  the  preparation  of  the  ticket. 
(3)   Any  person  desiring  to  vote  in  a  primary  in  precincts 
where  registration  is  required  shall  give  his  name  and  resi- 
dence to  the  judges  of  the  primary,  one  of  whom  shall  there- 
upon announce  the  same  in  a  loud  and  distinct  tone  of  voice, 
and  if  such  name  be  found  upon  the  registry  of  voters  by  the 
officer  having  charge  thereof,  he  shall  likewise  repeat  said 
name,  and  the  voter  shall  be  allowed  to  enter  the  space  en- 
closed by  the  guard-rail,  as  provided  in  subdivision  1  of  this 
section.    Any  person  desiring  to  vote  in  any  township  or  pre- 
cinct outside  of  cities  of  the  first  or  second  class  shall  give  his 
name  before  entering  the  enclosed   space.     The   clerk  shall 
thereupon   place   his   name   and   number   upon   the   poll-list. 
Whereupon  the  voter  shall  announce  the  name  of  the  political 
party  for  which  he  desires  to  vote,  and  one  of  the  judges 
designated  by  the  primary  board  shall  give  the  voter  one  and 
only  one  ticket  of  such  party  to  be  cast  at  such  primary,  in  the 
upper  right  hand  corner  of  which  he  shall  have  inscribed,  with 
pen  and  ink,  the  number  corresponding  with  the  voter's  num- 
ber upon  the  poll-list,  and  the  voter's  name  shall  be  immedi- 
ately checked  on  the  registry  list.     At  all  primaries  where 
registration  is  required,  if  the  name  of  any  person  desiring  to 
vote  at  such  primary  be  not  found  on  the  registry  of  voters,  he 
shall  not  receive  a  ticket.    If  any  person  desiring  to  vote  at  any 
primary  shall  be  challenged,  he  shall  not  receive  a  ticket  until 
he  shall  have  established  his  right  to  vote  in  the  manner  pro- 
vided by  law,  but  during  the  pendency  of  such  challenge  other 
voters  shall  be  given  tickets  and  be  permitted  to  vote.     (4) 
This  section  shall  govern,  where  applicable,  all  persons  desiring 
to  vote  in  townships  and  precincts  where  registration  is  not 
required.    In  all  cases,  the  voter's  number  on  the  poll-list  shall 
be  marked  upon  his  ticket  before  he  receives  it,  and  shall  be 
clipped  therefrom  before  being  deposited  in  the  ballot-box,  un- 
less such  voter  shall  have  been  challenged.     Sec.  3300,  G.  S. 
1909. 

18.  Challenges.  The  precinct  committeeman  of  each  pre- 
cinct may  appoint,  in  writing,  over  his  signature,  two  party 
agents  or  representatives,  with  an  alternate  for  each,  who  shall 
act  as  challengers  for  their  respective  parties  and  have  the 
powers  prescribed  by  section  10  of  this  act.  The  right  of  any 
person  to  vote  at  a  primary  may  be  challenged  by  any  elector 
upon  the  same  ground  and  his  right  to  vote  be  determined  in 
the  same  manner  as  at  an  election,  except  as  otherwise  pro- 
vided herein ;  provided,  that  if  the  person  offering  his  vote  be 
challenged  as  unqualified  on  the  ground  that  he  is  not  a  mem- 
ber of  the  party  announced  by  himself,  he  shall  make  and  sub- 
scribe an  affidavit  in  the  following  form,  which  shall  be  pre- 


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sented  to  and  retained  by  the  primary  judges  and  clerks,  and 
returned  by  them  with  the  registry  poll-books : 

"State  of  Kansas,  county  of ,  ss. 

"I,    ,  do  solemnly  swear    (or  affirm)    that  I  will  be  more  than 

twenty-one  years  of  age  at  the  next  general  election,  and  will  be  qualified 
to  vote  under  and  by  virtue  of  the  constitution  and  the  laws  of  the  state  of 
Kansas,  and  I  expect  to  be  a  legally  qualified  voter  at  this  precinct  and 

election  district;  that  I  now  reside  at (insert  street  and  number,  if 

any)  in  this  precinct,  and  am  a  member  of  and  am  affiliated  with  the 

party;  that  I  have  not  signed  the  petition  of  a  member  of  any  other  party 
who  is  seeking  a  nomination  at  this  primary  election ;  and  that  I  have  not 
signed  the  nominating  petition  of  an  independent  candidate  for  any  office 
for  which  candidates  are  to  be  voted  for  at  this  primary  election. 


"Subscribed  and  sworn  to  before  me  this    day  of   ,  A.  D. 

19 .  .  .  ,  Judge  of  Election." 

The  precinct  committeeman  of  each  party  may  represent 
such  party  at  the  polling  booth  during  the  canvass  and  return 
of  a  vote  at  a  primary  election,  or  he  may  appoint,  in  writing, 
an  agent  who  shall  be  a  member  of  his  party  and  a  resident 
elector  of  his  precinct,  for  that  purpose.    Sec.  3302,  G.  S.  1909. 

19.  Canvass  of  votes  and  returns.  (1)  The  canvass  of  votes 
cast  shall,  except  as  herein  otherwise  provided,  be  made  in  the 
same  manner  and  by  the  same  officers  as  the  canvass  of  an  elec- 
tion. The  precinct  party  committeeman  in  a  precinct  canvass, 
the  chairman  of  the  county  committee  in  a  county  canvass,  the 
state  party  chairman  in  a  state  canvass,  or  some  member  of  the 
party  duly  appointed  in  writing  by  his  respective  chairman  or 
committeeman  to  represent  each  party  or  any  candidates,  shall 
be  allowed  to  be  present  and  observe  the  proceedings.  (2)  The 
precinct  board  of  primary  shall,  on  separate  sheets,  on  blanks 
to  be  provided  for  that  purpose,  make  full  and  accurate  returns 
of  the  votes  cast  for  each  candidate,  and  shall,  within  twenty- 
four  hours  after  this  canvass,  cause  such  returns  to  be  de- 
livered to  the  county  clerk,  or  to  the  city  clerk,  as  the  case  may 
be.  (3)  The  county  canvass  of  the  returns  of  a  primary  shall 
be  made  by  the  same  officers  and  in  the  same  manner  provided 
in  section  10  of  this  act.  The  canvassers  shall  meet  and  canvass 
such  returns  at  ten  o'clock  A.  M.  on  the  Friday  following  the 
primary.  Their  returns  shall  contain  the  whole  number  of 
votes  cast  for  each  candidate  of  each  political  party,  and  a 
duplicate  as  to  each  political  party  shall  be  delivered  to  the 
chairman  of  the  county  committee  of  such  party.  (4)  The 
county  canvassers  shall  also  make  an  additional  duplicate  re- 
turn, in  the  same  form  as  provided  in  subdivision  3,  showing 
the  votes  cast  for  each  candidate  not  voted  for  wholly  within 
the  limits  of  the  county.  The  county  clerk  shall  forthwith  send 
to  the  secretary  of  state,  by  registered  mail,  one  complete  copy 
of  all  returns  as  to  such  candidates.  (5)  The  city  canvass  a!" 
the  returns  of  a  primary  shall  be  made  by  the  city  council,  by 


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the  same  officers  and  in  the  manner  provided  in  section  10  of 
this  act ;  and  the  provisions  of  said  section  10  for  the  purposes 
of  this  act  are  hereby  extended  to  all  city  primaries  provided 
for  by  this  act.  The  canvassers  shall  meet  and  canvass  such 
returns  at  ten  o'clock  A.  M.  on  the  Friday  following  the  pri- 
mary. Their  returns  shall  contain  the  whole  number  of  votes 
cast  for  each  candidate  of  each  political  party,  and  a  duplicate 
as  to  each  political  party  shall  be  delivered  to  the  city  chairman 
of  such  party.  (6)  The  respective  canvassing  boards  provided 
for  in  this  section,  and  in  section  14  of  this  act,  shall  name  the 
person  receiving  the  highest  number  of  votes  cast  upon  the 
blank  ticket  for  each  office  as  the  non-partisan  nominee  for  such 
office.    Sec.  3303,  G.  S.  1909. 

20.  State  board,  of  canvassers.  (1)  The  state  board  of  can- 
vassers provided  to  canvass  the  returns  of  a  November  election 
shall  constitute  the  state  board  of  canvassers  of  the  primaries 
held  under  the  provisions  of  this  act,  and  all  the  provisions  of 
section  10  of  this  act,  and  of  all  existing  statutes,  and  any 
amendments  now  or  hereafter  made  thereto,  relating  to  the 
canvass  of  the  returns  of  the  November  election,  shall,  as  far 
as  applicable,  apply  to  the  canvass,  return  and  certification  to 
the  secretary  of  state  of  such  primary.  Such  board  shall  meet 
at  the  office  of  the  secretary  of  state  at  ten  o'clock  a.m.  on  the 
third  Tuesday  of  August,  1914,  and  biennially  thereafter.  (2) 
As  soon  as  the  state  canvass  of  a  primary  shall  be  completed, 
the  secretary  of  state  shall  publish  in  the  official  state  paper  a 
certified  statement  of  the  result  of  such  primary  as  to  candi- 
dates for  state  offices,  United  States  senator,  representatives  in 
Congress,  state  senators  and  state  representatives,  and  all  can- 
didates whose  districts  extend  beyond  the  limits  of  a  single 
county;  and  shall  mail  to  the  chairman  of  the  state  central  com- 
mittee of  each  party  so  much  of  such  certificate  as  relates  to  his 
party.  (3)  Within  thirty  days  after  the  completion  of  such 
state  canvass,  the  secretary  of  state  shall  certify  to  the  county 
clerk  of  each  county  within  which  any  of  the  electors  may  vote 
for  the  candidates  for  such  offices,  the  name  of  each  person 
nominated  and  the  office  for  which  he  is  nominated  as  specified 
in  the  nomination  papers.    Sec.  2,  ch.  191,  Session  Laws  1913. 

21.  Official  party  ca?ididates.  (1)  The  person  receiving  the 
greatest  number  of  votes  at  a  primary  as  the  candidate  of  a 
party  for  any  office  shall  be  a  candidate  of  that  party  for  such 
office,  and  his  name  as  such  candidate  shall  be  placed  on  the 
official  ballot  at  the  ensuing  election  for  which  such  primary 
is  held.  (2)  In  case  of  a  tie  vote,  the  respective  boards  of  can- 
vassers provided  for  by  this  act  shall  forthwith  determine  said 
tie  by  lot.    Sec.  1,  ch.  191,  Session  Laws  1913. 

22.  Vacancies ;  how  filled.  Vacancies  occurring  after  the 
holding  of  any  primary  shall  be  filled  by  the  party  committee 


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of  the  city,  subdistrict,  district,  county,  or  state,  as  the  case 
may  be.    Sec.  3306,  G.  S.  1909. 

23.  Party  organization  and  government.  The  organization 
and  government  of  each  of  the  several  political  parties  shall 
be  as  follows:  (1)  At  the  primaries  hereinbefore  provided 
for,  the  members  of  a  party  residing  in  each  precinct  in  each 
of  the  several  counties  of  the  state  shall  choose  one  of  their 
number  as  "county  precinct  committeeman."  (2)  The  whole 
number  of  county  precinct  committeemen  of  each  of  the  several 
political  parties  shall  constitute  the  county  committee  of  such 
party;  such  county  committee  shall  be  organized  by  electing 
from  its  own  membership  a  chairman,  secretary  and  treasurer, 
of  which  offices  the  last  two  may  be  filled  by  the  same  person. 
(3)  The  chairman  of  the  county  committee  shall  be  ex  officio 
a  member  of  the  state  committee  and  of  each  of  the  several 
party  committees  of  the  district  within  which  his  county  is 
situated.  (4)  Where  a  judicial,  senatorial,  or  representative 
district  comprises  but  one  county  or  less,  the  county  committee 
of  such  county  shall  constitute  such  judicial,  senatorial  or  rep- 
resentative district  committee.  (5)  The  district  party  com- 
mittee for  each  district  greater  than  a  county  shall  be  composed 
of  the  county  chairman  of  the  several  county  committees  here- 
inbefore provided  for,  and  one  additional  member,  to  be  chosen 
by  each  of  the  several  party  county  committees  in  the  district, 
for  each  1000  votes  or  major  fraction  thereof  in  excess  of  1500 
votes  cast  by  the  party  at  the  primary  at  which  the  said 
county  committee  was  chosen.  Such  district  party  committee 
shall  organize  by  electing  from  its  own  membership  a  chair- 
man, secretary  and  treasurer,  of  which  offices  the  last  two 
may  be  filled  by  the  same  person.  (6)  The  state  party  com- 
mittee shall  organize  by  electing  from  its  own  membership  a 
chairman,  secretary  and  treasurer.  The  executive  committee 
of  such  state  committee  shall  consist  of  the  chairman  of  the 
various  congressional  district  committees,  of  which  the  state 
chairman  shall  be  ex  officio  chairman.  (7)  The  city  party 
committee  shall  be  composed  of  the  city  precinct  committee- 
men chosen  at  the  annual  primary,  and  shall  organize  by  elect- 
ing from  its  own  membership  a  chairman,  secretary  and  treas- 
urer. (8)  The  official  returns  made  by  the  primary  board 
shall  show  the  name  and  address  and  the  name  of  the  party 
represented,  and  of  each  precinct  committeeman  chosen.  (9) 
Each  committee  provided  for  in  this  section,  and  its  officers, 
shall  have  the  powers  usually  exercised  by  such  committees 
and  by  the  officers  thereof,  in  so  far  as  is  consistent  with  this 
act.  The  various  officers  and  committees  now  in  existence 
shall  exercise  the  powers  and  perform  the  duties  herein  pre- 
scribed until  their  successors  are  chosen  in  accordance  with 
this  act.  The  duties  of  the  chairman  or  secretary  of  any  com- 
mittee, when  the  committee  is  not  in  session,  may  be  performed 


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by  members  of  such  committee  selected  by  such  chairman  or 
secretary.'  Any  vacancy  in  any  committee  office  shall  be  filled 
in  the  same  manner  as  that  in  which  such  officer  was  originally 
chosen.  (10)  The  candidates  for  the  various  state  offices,  for 
United  States  senator,  for  members  of  the  national  house  of 
representatives,  for  the  state  senate,  and  for  the  state  house 
of  representatives,  nominated  by  each  political  party  at  each 
primary,  the  national  committeeman,  the  United  States  sena- 
tors and  the  state  senators  of  such  political  party  whose  term  of 
office  extends  beyond  January  of  the  year  next  ensuing,  and 
the  chairman  of  the  county  committee  of  the  several  counties 
of  the  state,  shall  constitute  the  party  council  of  each  party, 
and  shall  meet  at  the  capital  at  twelve  o'clock  noon  on  the  last 
Tuesday  of  August  after  the  date  on  which  any  primary  is 
held  preliminary  to  any  general  election.  The  membership  of 
such  party  council  shall  be  determined  by  the  list  of  party 
nominees  and  party  candidates  duly  certified  by  the  secretary 
of  state  as  on  file  in  his  office.  Such  party  council  shall  be 
called  to  order  by  the  secretary  of  state,  or  by  one  of  his  as- 
sistants, who  shall  read  the  roll  of  members;  and  thereupon 
the  party  council  shall  organize  by  electing  from  its  own  mem- 
bership a  chairman  and  secretary.  They  shall  thereupon  forth- 
with formulate  the  state  platform  of  their  party,  choose  or 
alter  the  party  emblem,  and  shall  perform  such  other  business 
as  may  properly  be  brought  before  such  a  meeting.  The  plat- 
form of  each  party  shall  be  framed  and  made  public  at  a  time 
rot  later  than  six  o'clock  in  the  afternoon  of  the  day  following 
their  adjournment.  The  state  party  council  so  constituted 
shall  be  the  party  council  for  two  years,  and  shall  have  power 
to  call  special  meetings  and  perform  such  other  business  as 
may  be  consistent  with  the  provisions  of  this  act;  provided, 
that  no  member  of  such  council  shall  be  represented  by  proxy. 
Sec.  3307,  G.  S.  1909. 

24.  Preparation  of  blanks.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  sec- 
retary of  state  and  attorney-general,  on  or  before  March  1, 
1908,  to  prepare  all  forms  necessary  to  carry  out  the  pro- 
visions of  this  act,  which  forms  shall  be  substantially  followed 
in  all  primaries  held  in  pursuance  hereof.  Such  forms  shall  be 
printed,  with  copies  of  this  act,  for  public  use  and  distribution. 
Sec.  3308,  G.  S.  1909. 

25.  Payment  of  expenses.  All  ticket  blanks  and  other  sup- 
plies to  be  used  at  any  primary,  and  all  expenses  necessarily 
incurred  in  the  preparation  for  or  conducting  such  primary, 
shall  be  paid  out  of  the  treasury  of  the  city,  county,  or  state,  as 
the  case  may  be,  in  the  same  manner,  with  like  effect,  and  by 
the  same  officers,  as  in  the  case  of  elections.  The  cost,  print- 
ing and  distribution  of  the  tickets  shall  be  under  the  charge 
and  control  of  the  same  officers  and  official  bodies  as  are  pre- 
scribed for  general  election  and  for  city  elections  by  existing 


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statutes,  and  amendments  now  or  hereafter  made  thereto,  in 
so  far  as  the  same  are  applicable  to  and  not  inconsistent  with 
the  provisions  of  this  act.    Sec.  3309,  G.  S.  1909. 

26.  Penal  provisions.  (1)  Any  person  who  shall  offer,  or, 
with  knowledge  of  the  same,  permit  any  person  to  offer  for 
his  benefit  any  bribe  to  a  voter  to  induce  him  to  sign  any  nomi- 
nation paper,  and  any  person  who  shall  accept  any  such  bribe 
or  promise  of  gain  of  any  kind  in  the  nature  of  a  bribe  as 
consideration  for  signing  the  same,  whether  such  bribe  or 
promise  of  gain  in  the  nature  of  a  bribe  be  offered  or  accepted 
before  or  after  such  signing;  or  any  candidate  who  shall  know- 
ingly cause  a  nomination  paper  or  papers  to  be  signed  in  his 
behalf  by  more  than  the  maximum  number  of  qualified  electors 
provided  for  his  district  by  subdivisions  5  and  6,  section  5  of 
this  act  shall  be  guilty  of  a  misdemeanor,  and  upon  trial  and 
conviction  thereof  be  punished  by  a  fine  of  not  less  than  twenty 
nor  more  than  five  hundred  dollars,  and  by  imprisonment  in 
the  county  jail  not  less  than  ten  days  nor  more  than  six 
months.  (2)  Any  person  who  shall  forge  any  name  to  a  nomi- 
nation paper  shall  be  deemed  guilty  of  forgery  in  the  fourth 
degree,  and  on  conviction  thereof  be  punished  accordingly. 
Any  person  who,  being  in  possession  of  nomination  papers  en- 
titled to  be  filed  under  this  act,  shall  wrongfully  either  sup- 
press, neglect  or  fail  to  cause  the  same  to  be  filed  at  the  proper 
time  in  the  proper  office,  shall,  upon  conviction,  be  punished  by 
imprisonment  in  the  county  jail  not  to  exceed  six  months,  and 
by  a  fine  of  not  to  exceed  six  hundred  dollars.  (3)  Any  act 
declared  an  offense  by  the  general  laws  of  this  state  concerning 
elections  shall  also  in  like  case  be  an  offense  in  all  primaries, 
and  shall  be  punished  in  the  same  form  and  manner  as  therein 
provided,  and  all  the  penalties  and  provisions  of  the  law  as  to 
such  elections,  except  as  herein  otherwise  provided,  shall  ap- 
ply in  such  case  with  equal  force  and  to  the  same  extent  as 
though  fully  set  forth  in  this  act.  (4)  No  spirituous,  malt, 
vinous  or  intoxicating  liquor  shall  be  sold  or  given  away  on 
the  date  of  holding  a  primary  election.  Whoever  violates  the 
provisions  of  this  subdivision  4  of  this  section  shall,  upon  con- 
viction, be  fined  a  sum  not  less  than  fifty  nor  more  than  one 
hundred  dollars.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  sheriff,  coroner, 
constable,  and  other  peace  officers  of  the  county  and  city  to 
see  that  the  provisions  of  this  section  are  strictly  enforced. 
(5)  If  any  person  whose  vote  is  challenged,  or  any  witness 
sworn  under  the  provisions  of  this  act,  shall  knowingly,  will- 
fully and  corruptly  swear  falsely,  he  shall  be  deemed  guilty  of 
perjury,  and  on  conviction  thereof  shall  be  punished  accord- 
ingly. (6)  Whoever  votes  more  than  once  at  any  primary,  or 
offers  to  vote  after  having  once  voted  at  such  primary,  shall, 
on  conviction,  be  fined  in  a  sum  not  exceeding  one  thousand 
dollars,  or  imprisoned  in  the  county  jail  not  exceeding  one 


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year,  or  both,  in  the  discretion  of  the  court.      (7)   Whoever 
willfully  aids  or  abets  any  one  not  legally  qualified  to  vote  at 
a  primary  in  voting  or  attempting  to  vote  at  such  primary; 
or,  second,  furnishes  an  elector  with  a  ticket,  informing  him 
that  it  contains  a  name  different  than  that  which  appears 
thereon,  with  intent  to  induce  him  to  vote  contrary  to  his 
inclinations;  or,  third,  changes  the  tjcket  of  an  elector,  with 
intent  to  deprive  such  elector  of  voting  for  such  person  as  he 
intended;  or,  fourth,  by  unlawful  means  prevents  or  attempts 
to  prevent  any  voter  from  voting  or  from  attending  a  pri- 
mary; or,  fifth,  gives  or  offers  to  give  any  valuable  thing  or 
bribe  to  any  judge  or  clerk  of  primary,  as  a  consideration  for 
some  act  to  be  done  contrary  to  his  official  duty  in  relation  to 
such  primary,  shall,  upon  conviction  thereof,  be  fined  in  a  sum 
not  exceeding  one  thousand  dollars,  or  imprisoned  in  the  county 
jail  not  exceeding  one  year,  or  both,  in  the  discretion  of  the 
court.     And  any  judge  or  clerk  who  shall  receive,  request  or 
demand  any  bribe  or  reward  forbidden  by  this  act  shall,  upon 
conviction,  be  liable  to  the  same  penalties  as  are  provided  in 
this  act  for  the  giving  or  offering  to  give  such  bribe  or  re- 
ward.    (8)  Any  person  who  shall  solicit,  request,  demand  or 
receive,  directly  or  indirectly,  any  money,  intoxicating  liquor, 
or  any  other  thing  of  value,  or  the  promise  thereof,  either  to 
influence  his  vote  or  to  be  used,  or  under  the  pretense  of  being 
used,  to  procure  the  vote  of  any  person  or  persons,  or  to  be 
used  at  any  poll  or  other  place  prior  to  or  on  the  day  of  a  pri- 
mary, for  or  against  any  candidate  for  nomination  at  such  pri- 
mary, shall  be  deemed  guilty  of  the  crime  of  bribery,  and  upon 
conviction  in  any  court  of  record  shall  be  subject  to  a  fine  of 
not  more  than  five  hundred  dollars  and  imprisonment  in  the 
county  jail  not  less  than  three  months  nor  more  than  one  year, 
and  to  pay  the  costs  of  prosecution  and  stand  committed  to 
the  county  jail  until  such  costs  are  fully  paid.     (9)  Any  can- 
didate or  other  person  paying,  furnishing,  or  promising  to 
pay  or  furnish,  or  bribing  any  person,  with  money,  intoxicat- 
ing liquor,  or  anything  of  value,  or  the  promise  thereof,  shall 
be  deemed  guilty  of  the  crime  of  bribery,  and  upon  conviction 
thereof  in  any  court  of  competent  jurisdiction  shall  be  fined 
not  less  than  five  hundred  dollars  nor  more  than  one  thousand 
dollars,  and  imprisonment  in  the  county  jail  not  less  than 
three  months  nor  more  than  one  year,  and  pay  the  costs  of 
prosecution  and  stand  committed  to  the  county  jail  until  such 
costs  are  fully  paid.     Prosecutions  may  be  had  under  this 
section  by  indictment  in  the  district  court  or  by  information 
therein.     (10)  Any  person  who  shall  engage  in  disorderly  con- 
duct at  any  primary  shall  be  deemed  guilty  of  a  misdemeanor, 
and  upon  conviction  shall  be  punished  by  a  fine  of  not  less  than 
ten  dollars  nor  more  than  twenty-five  dollars  and  the  costs 
of  the  prosecution.     (11)  Whoever  bets  or  wagers  any  money, 


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property,  or  other  valuable  thing  upon  the  result  of  a  primary 
held  under  the  provisions  of  this  act,  or  bets  or  wagers  money, 
property  or  other  thing  of  value  upon  the  number  of  votes 
which  may  be  given  to  any  person  at  a  primary,  or  upon  whom 
shall  receive  the  greatest  number  of  votes  at  a  primary,  or 
agrees  to  pay  any  other  person  any  money,  property  or  other 
thing  of  value  in  event  that  a  primary  shall  result  in  one  way, 
or  in  the  event  that  any  person  shall  or  shall  not  be  elected  or 
nominated  at  any  primary,  or  shall  receive  a  greater  number 
of  votes  than  others,  upon  conviction  thereof  shall  be  fined  in 
a  sum  of  not  less  than  one  hundred  dollars  nor  more  than  one 
thousand  dollars,  or  be  imprisoned  in  the  county  jail  not  ex- 
ceeding one  year,  or  both,  in  the  discretion  of  the  court.  (12) 
If  any  judge  of  a  primary  shall,  without  the  proof  required 
in  this  act,  permit  a  person  to  vote  whose  vote  is  challenged ; 
or,  second,  shall  knowingly  and  willfully  permit  a  person  to 
testify  as  a  witness  contrary  to  the  provisions  of  this  act ;  or, 
third,  shall  knowingly  permit  a  person  to  vote  who  is  not 
qualified;  or,  fourth,  shall  knowingly  receive  and  count  more 
than  one  vote  from  the  same  person  at  the  same  primary  for 
the  same  office,  except  as  allowed  by  law ;  or,  fifth,  shall  refuse 
to  receive  the  vote  of  a  qualified  elector  at  such  primary  who 
shall  make  affidavit  and  proof  as  required  by  this  act;  or, 
sixth,  shall  be  guilty  of  any  fraud,  corruption,  partiality  or 
manifest  misbehavior;  or,  seventh,  shall  open  or  Unfold  any 
ticket  when  the  same  is  presented  to  be  deposited  in  the  ballot 
box;  or,  eighth,  shall  willfully  neglect  to  perform  any  of  the 
duties  required  of  him  by  this  act,  shall,  on  conviction  thereof, 
be  deemed  guilty  of  a  misdemeanor,  and  upon  conviction 
thereof  shall  be  subject  to  a  fine  of  not  less  than  one  hundred 
dollars  nor  more  than  five  hundred  dollars,  and  imprisonment 
in  the  county  jail  not  less  than  thirty  days  nor  more  than  six 
months.  (13)  If  any  clerk  of  a  primary  shall  willfully  neglect 
to  perform  any  duty  required  of  him  as  clerk  of  primary,  or 
shall  be  guilty  of  fraud,  corruption,  or  misbehavior  as  such 
clerk,  he  shall,  upon  conviction,  be  fined  in  a  sum  not  less  than 
one  hundred  dollars  nor  more  than  five  hundred  dollars,  and 
imprisoned  in  the  county  jail  not  less  than  thirty  days  nor 
more  than  six  months.    Sec.  3310,  G.  S.  1909. 


SAMPLE  BLANK. 

(General  ticket.) 
[To  be  used  in  all  cases  except  in  cities  of  the  first  or  second  class.] 

PRIMARY  NOMINATION  PAPER. 

I,  the  undersigned,  a  qualified  elector  of  the precinct  of  the 

township  of ,  county  of ,  and  State  of  Kansas,  and 

a  member  of  the party,  hereby  nominate ,  who  resides 

in  the  township  of (or,  at  No. on street,  city 

of ),  in  the  county  of ,  and  State  of  Kansas,  as  a 

candidate  for  the  office  of ,  to  be  voted  for  at  the 

(Here  specify  the  office.) 

primary  to  be  held  on  the day  of ,  19.-..,  as  represent- 
ing the  principles  of  said  party;  and  I  further  declare  that  I  intend  to 
support  the  candidate  herein  named,  and  that  I  have  not  signed  and  will 
not  sign  any  petition  or  nomination  papers  for  any  other  person  for  said 
office  at  the  next  ensuing  election. 


Name  of  Signers. 

Post-office. 

Date  of  Signing. 

If  on  Rural  Route  add  R.F.D. 

Month. 

Day. 

Year. 

1 

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STATE  OF  KANSAS,  1 

>  ss. 
County,  J 

,  being  duly  sworn,  says,  that  he  is  a  qualified  elector  of 

the precinct  of  the  township  of ,  county  of , 

State  of  Kansas;  that  to  the  best  of  his  knowledge  and  belief  all  the 
signers  upon  the  foregoing  nomination  paper  are  electors  of  the  precinct 
named  at  the  top  thereof;  that  he  knows  that  they  signed  the  same  with 
full  knowledge  of  the  contents  thereof;  and  that  their  respective  resi- 
dences are  correctly  stated  therein,  and  that  each  of  said  signers  signed 
said  nomination  paper  on  the  date  stated  therein  opposite  his  name,  and 
that  affiant  intends  to  support  the  candidate  therein  named. 


Subscribed  and  Sworn  to  before  me,  this 

(Seal.)  

(My  commission  expires ) 


day  of 19... 


[Note. — The  affiant  must  be  an  elector  for  the  candidate  sought  to  be  nominated,  but 
may  reside  anywhere  within  the  candidate's  election  district.] 


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SAMPLE  BLANK. 

(General  ticket.) 
(To  be  used  in  cities  of  the  first  or  second  class  only.) 

PRIMARY  NOMINATION  PAPER. 

I,  the  undersigned,  a  qualified  elector  of  the precinct  of 

the ward  of  the  city  of ,  county  of , 

and  state  of  Kansas,  and  a  member  of  the party,  hereby 

nominate ,  who  resides  in  the  township  of 

(or,  at  No on street,  city  of ),  in  the 

county  of ,  and  state  of  Kansas,  as  a  candidate  for 

the  office  of ,  to  be  voted  for  at  the  primary 

(Here  specify  the  office.) 

to  be  held  on  the day  of ,  19 ,  as  representing 

the  principles  of  said  party;  and  I  further  declare  that  I  intend  to  sup- 
port the  candidate  herein  named,  and  that  I  have  not  signed  and  will  not 
sign  any  petition  or  nomination  papers  for  any  other  person  for  said 
office  at  the  next  ensuing  election. 


Name  of  City. 

Street  Number. 

Date  of  Signing. 

Names  of  Signers. 

Mo. 

Day. 

Year. 

1 

2     

3     

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1 

5 

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6 

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9 

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(27) 


STATE  OF  KANSAS,  ] 

[ss. 
- .". County,  J 

,  being  duly  sworn,  says,  that  he  is 

a  qualified  elector  of  the precinct  of  the ward 

of  the  city  of ,  county  of ,  state  of  Kansas; 

that  to  the  best  of  his  knowledge  and  belief  all  the  signers  upon  the  fore- 
going nomination  papers  are  electors  of  the  precinct  named  at  the  top 
thereof;  that  he  knows  that  they  signed  the  same  with  full  knowledge  of 
the  contents  thereof;  and  that  their  respective  residences  are  correctly 
stated  therein,  and  that  each  of  said  signers  signed  said  nomination  paper 
on  the  date  stated  therein  opposite  his  name,  and  that  affiant  intends  to 
support  the  candidate  therein  named. 


Subscribed  and  Sworn  to  before  me,  this. 
(Seal.)  

(My  commission  expires 


.day  of 19.... 


[Note. — The  affiant  must  be  an  elector  for  the  candidate  sought  to  be  nominated,  but 
may  reside  anywhere  within  the  candidate's  election  district.] 


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SAMPLE  BLANK. 

NON-PARTISAN 
JUDICIAL  PRIMARY  NOMINATING  PETITION. 

I,  the  undersigned,  a  qualified  elector  of  the  state  of  Kansas,  do  hereby 

petition  the  Hon ,  who  resides  in  the  township  of 

(or,  at  No on street,  city  of )    in  the  county 

of ,  and  state  of  Kansas,  to  become  a  candidate  for  the  office  of 

Justice  of  the  Supreme  Court  of  the  state  of  Kansas,  to  be  voted  for  at 

the  primary  election  to  be  held  on  the  first  Tuesday  in  August,  19 ,  and 

I  request  his  candidacy  for  said  office  under  the  provisions  of  the  non- 
partisan judiciary  act. 


Pity  or           STREET  Num- 
Names  of  Signers.                i  ™\~„  "                 ber  or 

Town.                 r   p  D 

County. 

Date  of 
Signing. 

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SAMPLE  BLANK. 

NON-PARTISAN 
JUDICIAL  PRIMARY  NOMINATING  PETITION. 

I,  the  undersigned,  a  qualified  elector  of  the judicial  district 

of  the  state  of  Kansas,  do  hereby  petition  the  Hon ,  who  resides 

in  the  township  of (or,  at  No. on street,  city  of 

)  in  the  county  of ,  and  state  of  Kansas,  to  become  a- 

candidate  for  the  office  of  Judge  of  the  District  Court  of  the 

judicial  district  of  the  state  of  Kansas,  to  be  voted  for  at  the  primary 

election  to  be  held  on  the  first  Tuesday  in  August,  19 ,  and  I  request 

his  candidacy  for  said  office  under  the  provisions  of  the  non-partisan 
judiciary  act. 


Names  of  Signers. 

City  or 
Town. 

Street  Num- 
ber or 
R.  F.  D. 

County. 

Date  of 
Signing. 



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SAMPLE  BLANK. 

COUNTY  CLERK'S   NOTICE   OF  PRIMARY  ELECTION. 

STATE  OF  KANSAS,  1 


f  ss. 
County,  J 


Office  of  County  Clerk, 
,  19. 


To  Whom  it  may  Concern: 

I,  the  undersigned,  county  clerk  of county,  Kansas, 

having  received  a  notice  in  writing  from  the  secretary  of  state  of  the 
state  of  Kansas,  designating  the  offices  for  which  candidates  are  to  be 
nominated  at  the  primary  to  be  held  on  the  first  Tuesday  in  August  in 

19 ,   do   hereby   certify,   pursuant  thereto,   that   each   of   the   several 

political  parties  of  this  state  and  county  at  said  primary  may  nominate 
one  candidate  to  be  voted  for  at  the  general  election  to  be  held  in  Novem- 
ber of  19 ,  for  each  of  the  following  offices: 


(Here  insert  name  of  offices  to  be  filled.) 

Also — 

Under  the  provisions  of  the  non-partisan  judiciary  act. 

Three  candidates  for  justices  of  the  supreme  court. 

One  candidate  for  district  judge  of  the judicial  district. 

Given  under  my  hand  and  the  seal  of  said  county,  at  my  office  in  the 

city  of '. ,  county  of ,  state  of  Kansas, 

this day  of ,  19 

County  Clerk. 

Note. — This  notice  must  be  published  once  each  week  for  three  consecutive  weeks  in 
the  official  county  paper. 


(33) 


SAMPLE  BLANK. 


NOTICE  OF  PRIMARY  ELECTION. 

STATE^OF  KANSAS,  1 


County, 


ss. 


To  Whom  it  may  Concern: 

I,  the  undersigned,  county  clerk  of  the  above-named  county,  have  re- 
ceived a  certified  list  of  candidates  for  the  various  nominations  to  be  made 
by  each  of  the  political  parties  of  this  state,  and,  in  accordance  with  the 
provisions  of  law,  I  hereby  publish  so  much  thereof  as  is  applicable  to  this 
county,  and  I  have  added  thereto  the  names  and  addresses  of  the  candi- 
dates for  nomination  by  the  several  political  parties  as  the  same  appear  on 
file  at  my  office. 

The  following  candidates  for  nominations  of  the  several  parties,  and 
their  post-office  addresses,  follow  under  their  respective  parties. 

Party. 


Name  of  office. 

Name  of  candidate. 

Residence  of  candidate. 

(And  following  with  same  for  each  party,  naming  candidates.) 

Also — 

Under  the  provisions  of  the  non-partisan  judiciary  act. 

Three  candidates  for  justices  of  the  supreme  court. 

One  candidate  for  district  judge  of  the judicial  district. 

Pursuant  to  the  foregoing,  I  hereby  give  notice  that  a  primary  election 
will  be  held  on  the day  of ,  19 ,  at  which  time  candi- 
dates from  the  above  list  may  be  nominated  by  the  various  political  parties 
of  this  state  on  their  several  tickets,  and  that  the  said  primary  election 
will  be  held  at  the  usual  polling-places  of  this  county,  to  wit: 


(Names  and  numbers  of  precincts,  and  location.) 


The  hours  of  voting  in  all  precincts  in  cities  of  the  first  class  are  from 
six  o'clock  A.  M.  until  six  o'clock  p.  M.  In  all  other  voting  places  the  polls 
will  be  opened  at  eight  o'clock  A.  M.  and  closed  at  six  o'clock  P.  M. 

Done  at  my  office  in  the  city  of ,  county  of , 

Kansas,  this day  of ,  19 


County  Clerk. 

NoTE  — This  notice  shall  ho  puhlished  for  three  consecutive  weeks  in  the  official  county 
naper-  and  the  clerk  shall  also  mail  copies  forthwith  to  each  township  and  city  clerk  ot  tn< 
county,  who  shall  |»ost  tin-  same  in  at  least  three  public  places  in  each  precinct  m  his  town 
ship  or  city. 

(34) 


SAMPLE  BLANK. 

SHERIFF'S  NOTICE  OF  PRIMARY  ELECTION. 

State  of  Kansas, County,  ss. 

Office  of  Sheriff  [or  City  Clerk], 19—. 

Notice  is  hereby  given  that  a  primary  election  will  be  held  on  the 

day  of ,  19 ,  being  the  first  Tuesday  in  said 

month,  at  which  time  candidates  for  the  following  offices  will  be  nom- 
inated according  to  the  provisions  of  law  by  each  of  the  various  political 
parties  of  this  state: 

Ten  presidential  electors. 

One  candidate  for  governor. 

One  candidate  for  lieutenant-governor. 

One  candidate  for  secretary  of  state. 

One  candidate  for  state  auditor. 

One  candidate  for  state  treasurer. 

One  candidate  for  attorney-general. 

One  candidate  for  superintendent  of  public   instruction. 

One  candidate  for  superintendent  of  insurance. 

One  candidate  for  state  printer. 

One  candidate  for  United  States  senator. 

One  candidate  for  congressman  for congressional  district. 

One  candidate  for  state  senator  for senatorial  district. 

One  candidate  for  representative  for district. 

One  candidate  for  county  clerk. 

One  candidate  for  county  treasurer. 

One  candidate  for  register  of  deeds. 

One  candidate  for  county  attorney. 

One  candidate  for  probate  judge. 

One  candidate  for  sheriff. 

One  candidate  for  coroner. 

One  candidate  for  superintendent  of  public  instruction. 

One  candidate  for  county  surveyor. 

One  candidate  for  clerk  of  the  district  court. 

One  candidate  for  county  assessor. 

candidates  for  high-school  trustees. 

One  candidate  for  county  commissioner,  district. 

Two  candidates  for  justices  of  the  peace. 

Two  candidates  for  constables. 

One  candidate  for  township  trustee. 

One  candidate  for  township  clerk. 

One  candidate  for  township  treasurer. 

Each  political  party  will  also  elect  a  precinct  committeeman. 

Also — 

Under  the  provisions  of  the  non-partisan  judiciary  act. 

Three  candidates  for  justices  of  the  supreme  court. 

One  candidate  for  district  judge  of  the judicial  district. 

Votes  of  qualified  electors  of  this  county  will  be  received  at  the  follow- 
ing precincts: 


Names  oe  Numbers  of  Precincts. 


Location. 


Polls  will  be  open  from o'clock  A.  M.  until o'clock  p.  M. 


Sheriff  [or  City  Clerk]. 

Note  A. — The  time  for  opening  and  closing  the  polls  is  regulated  by  chapter  231,  Ses- 
sion Laws  of  1903.      (See  sec.  10,  House  bill  No.  18,  Session  Laws  of  1908.) 

Note  B. — The  list  of  candidates  will  vary  at  different  elections  and  in  different  coun- 
ties,  and  the  notice  should  be  varied  accordingly. 

(35) 


SAMPLE  BLANK. 
PRIMARY  ELECTION  RETURNS. 


Votes  Cast  for Party  Candidates. 

Office. 

Names  of  Candidates. 

No.  of  Votes 
Received. 

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We,  the  undersigned,  judges  and  clerks  of  the  primary  election  held  in 
the ,  of ,  in  the  county  of 

'    (No.  of  precinct  or  ward.)  (City  or  township. ) 

and  state  of  Kansas,  on  the day  of A.  D.   19 ,  do 

hereby  certify  that  the party  candidates  whose  names  appear 

above  received  the  number  of  votes  cast  as  written  opposite  their  names. 


\  Clerks. 


Judges. 


(36) 


SAMPLE  BLANK. 

JUDICIAL  BALLOT. 

STATE  OF  KANSAS. 

For  Justices  of  the  Supreme  Court. 

Vote  for  three. 


Name. 

1 
Residence. 

1 

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For  District  Judge Judicial  District. 

Vote  for  one. 


Name. 

Residence. 

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(37) 


SAMPLE  BLANK. 
JUDICIAL  PRIMARY  ELECTION  RETURNS. 

Votes  cast  for for  the  office  of  Justice  of  the  Supreme  Court, 

state  of  Kansas. 


Name  of  Candidate. 


No.  of  votes  received. 


We,  the  undersigned,  judges  and  clerks  of  the  primary  election  for  the 
nomination  of  candidates  for  the  office  of  Justice  of  the  Supreme  Court 
of  the  state  of  Kansas,  held  in  the ,  of , 

(No.  precinct  or  ward.)  (City  or  township.) 

in  the  county  of and  state  of  Kansas,  on  the day 

of  August,  19 ,  do  hereby  certify  that  the  candidates  whose  names 

appear  above  received  the  number  of  votes  cast  as  written  opposite  their 
names. 


Clerks. 


Judges. 


(38) 


SAMPLE  BLANK. 
HAL  PRIMARY  ELECTION 


Votes  cast  for         ....for  the 

office  «f  Judge  of  the  District  Court 
the  state  of  Kansas. 

of  the judicial  district  of 

Name  op  Candidate. 

No.  of  votes  received. 

• 

We,  the  undersigned,  judges  and  clerks  of  the  primary  election  for  the 
nomination  of  candidates  for  the  office  of  judge  of  the  district  court  of  the 

judicial  district  of  the  state  of  Kansas  held  in  the 

of ,  in  the  county  of 

(No.  precinct  or  ward.)  (City  or  township.) 

and  state  of  Kansas,  on  the day  of  August,  19...., 

do  hereby  certify  that  the  candidates  whose  names  appear  above  received 
the  number  of  votes  cast  as  written  opposite  their  names. 


Clerks. 


\  Judges. 


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(39) 


THIS  BOOK  IS  DUE  ON  THE  LAST  DATE 
STAMPED  BELOW 

AN  INITIAL  FINE  OF  25  CENTS 

WILL  BE  ASSESSED   FOR   FAILURE  TO   RETURN 
THIS   BOOK   ON   THE   DATE  DUE.    THE   PENALTY 
WILL  INCREASE  TO  50  CENTS  ON  THE  FOURTH 
DAY     AND    TO     $1.00     ON     THE    SEVENTH     DAY 
OVERDUE. 

JUL  2  4  1084 

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Syracuse,  N.  Y 
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